Category: NRF in the News

The National Research Foundation (NRF) is participating in the 2026 Global Research Council (GRC) Annual Meeting, taking place in Bangkok, Thailand, from 18 to 22 May 2026. As part of the engagements at the event, Dr Ndivhuwo Luruli, Chief Strategist

The calls below are now open on the NRF Connect system under the Research Grants category: BRICS Multilateral Joint Call Trans-Atlantic Platform (T-AP) Call on Preparing for Tomorrow For enquiries, please contact:Mr. Walter BaloyiProfessional Officer: Multilateral Research ProgrammesRIISA: International Grants

The Global Research Council’s (GRC) Responsible Research Assessment (RRA) Working Group, together with Science Europe and DORA, has published A Practical Guide to Implementing Responsible Research Assessment at Research Funding Organizations. The guide, available here at https://sfdora.org/resource/rfo-practical-guide/, provides practical recommendations

The National Research Foundation (NRF) and the Tunisian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (MHESR) are pleased to pre-announce an upcoming joint call for research proposals under the Bilateral Agreement on Scientific and Technological Cooperation. This programme aims to

The National Research Foundation’s (NRF) participation in the Science Europe Session on the Africa–Europe Collaboration Platform at the AERAP 2026 Forum placed a strong emphasis on the advancement of more equitable, Africa-led models of research collaboration between Africa and Europe.

The Norway–South Africa Research Funding Opportunity Conference will take place at the National Research Foundation in Pretoria from 04 to 05 June 2026. It will showcase progress and insights from 10 joint projects funded by the NRF and the Research

The South African Environmental Observation Network (NRF-SAEON) contributed to the preparation and integration of South African flux data into the FLUXNET Shuttle (https://data.fluxnet.org), a powerful tool that gathers flux data from regional eddy covariance networks in North America, South America,

The National Research Foundation (NRF) participated in the 13th Africa–Europe Science Collaboration Forum (AERAP), held from 20–22 April 2026 in Brussels. The Forum took stock of and advanced Africa–Europe science, technology, and innovation partnership programmes and instruments. Bringing together policymakers,

The Science Futures Career Day is designed to expose postgraduate students and early-career researchers to a wide spectrum of career opportunities across the scientific ecosystem, extending beyond traditional academic pathways. While rooted in scientific training, the event adopts an interdisciplinary,

This session examines how transdisciplinary partnerships drive practical solutions to environmental challenges, highlighting initiatives such as the TERRA+ School in Japan. It draws on Belmont Forum’s approach to funding collaborative, impact-focused research, the EPIC-N model for community centred regional partnerships,